RIP little feral kitty

**caseysmom** · 11-11-2008, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by GILL

I feel so sorry for this feral. I am one for keeping the kids inside. We have cleared our naborhood of ferals. The last was Sweety, we traped her in the house along with her last kitten, Boots. They have been with us 3 years now and we still can not get with in 4 feet of Sweety, Boots will let me, but not my wife pet her once in a while. Just a quick sratch on the head. They will lay on the bed with Mits, Peak, Princess, Chessie, and Bart. Mits and Peak are from Sweety's 1st litter.

How do you take sweety to the vet? I thought about doing something like this with the kitty but thought how would I get it treatment?

**catmandu** · 11-11-2008, 06:18 PM

THATS SUCH A SAD STORY , AND SADLY REMINDS ME OF THE PORCH CATS WHO USED TO COME HERE , ONLY TO BE INJURED BY CARS OR CATCH FIP/
I HAVE A FEELING THAT IF HES OLDER , THEN THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY PTS , AS THERES JUST NO DEMAND AT ALL FOR OLDER CATS.
I WAS ANGRY TODAY AS THIS DECLAWED SIAMESE CAT WHOS BEEN SEEN AT THE LIBRARY ON OCCASION MET ME ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR WHERE HE MUST LIVE.
WHAT KIND OF FOOL WOULD LET THIS CAT LOOSE WITH TRAFFIC DOGS AND MEAN SUBURBAN CHILDREN OUT THERE.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR THIS MEEZER , AND FOR THAT POOR CAT

THAT HE CAN BEAT THE ODDS AND FIND SOMEONE TO LOVE.

**Medusa** · 11-11-2008, 06:25 PM

Oh poor feral kitty. I feel so bad about what happened to him. Unfortunately, it's an all too common occurrence. They get hit by cars and go off somewhere to die, so at least you were able to help in putting him out of his misery. Now he's at the Bridge, walking w/out fear or pain. I, too, am all for keeping cats indoors, especially my Fur Posse since they all are special needs or senior cats. It's a dangerous world out there. Good luck w/your efforts to keep Potter inside. He depends on you to keep him safe.

**Killearn Kitties** · 11-12-2008, 05:50 AM

I'm so sorry that it ended that way for the poor feral kitty. Thank you for doing what you could to make things better for him.

With regard to the proportion of head to body - our crew's dad, the feral tom that we used to have hanging around, did look as though his head was bigger than an average cat. He was quite a big cat, but had absolutely no fat on him, so his head did look quite large in proportion to his rangey body. He was also an entire tom, and I have read that with some breeds of cat they develop a full face and fluffy cheeks only if they are not neutered before about two years old. So that may also be a contributing factor.

**Medusa** · 11-12-2008, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Killearn Kitties

I'm so sorry that it ended that way for the poor feral kitty. Thank you for doing what you could to make things better for him.

With regard to the proportion of head to body - our crew's dad, the feral tom that we used to have hanging around, did look as though his head was bigger than an average cat. He was quite a big cat, but had absolutely no fat on him, so his head did look quite large in proportion to his rangey body. He was also an entire tom, and I have read that with some breeds of cat they develop a full face and fluffy cheeks only if they are not neutered before about two years old. So that may also be a contributing factor.

I have found this to be true as well. In fact, there was one male feral that I called Old Tom and the above description fit him to a T.